Q 01/05

In 2023, a viral video led a zoo to deny that its upright-standing sun bear Angela was really what?

A) An animatronic robot

B) A trained chimpanzee

C) A human in costume

D) A hologram

Answer · why

C) A human in costume

A human in costume was the online theory after Angela stood up straight and waved at the crowd. Hangzhou Zoo denied it, and its daily visitor numbers ...

Q 02/05

Among the world's eight living bear species, which record belongs to the sun bear?

A) Smallest

B) Fastest

C) Rarest

D) Heaviest

Answer · why

A) Smallest

Smallest of the eight, a sun bear is only about half the size of an American black bear. Adults weigh 25 to 65 kg.

Q 03/05

The sun bear holds the bear family record for the longest what, a feature it uses at mealtimes?

A) Snout

B) Whiskers

C) Lower jaw

D) Tongue

Answer · why

D) Tongue

Tongue length is the record: it slips deep into cracks in tree trunks to lick out insects hiding in the wood.

Q 04/05

Because its tropical home supplies food all year, the sun bear skips which famous bear habit?

A) Migrating

B) Hibernating

C) Scent-marking

D) Digging dens

Answer · why

B) Hibernating

Hibernating makes little sense where food never runs out. Sun bears also breed at any time of year instead of in one season.

Q 05/05

What feature gives the sun bear its name, because many think it resembles a rising or setting sun?

A) Its golden eyes

B) Its orange paws

C) Its chest patch

D) Its curled tail

Answer · why

C) Its chest patch

Its chest patch is as individual as a fingerprint, and a threatened sun bear rears up to show it off to an enemy.